CYPRIPEDIUM HUMILE. 



NOAH'S ARK. PURPLE LADY'S SLIPPER. MOCCASSIN FLOWER. 

 Gynandria Diandria, Linn. Orchidex, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Lip ventricose, inflated, saccate. Petals 4, the under one bifid. The column termi- 

 nating behind, in a petaloid lobe. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Scape leafless, one-flowered ; radical leaves a pair, oblong-obtuse ; lobe of the style 

 sub-rotund-rhomboid, acuminate, deflexed ; lip longer than the lanceolate 

 petals, with a fissure behind. Willd. 



SYNONYM. 



Cypripedium acaule, Aiton. 



Root perennial, an irregular hull), with numerous carnose fibres. 

 Leaves radical, a pair, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, grooved by deep 

 vol. in. 10 



